Panty girdle with relatively movable side panels



Dec. 12, 1961 s. GRISHMAN 3,012,556

PANTY GIRDLE WITH RELATIVELY MOVABLE SIDE PANELS Filed Jan. 25, 1960INVEN TOR. 5/1o/v Ems/MAN 3,012,556 PANTY GIRDLE WITH RELATIVELY MOVABLESIDE PANELS Simon Grishznan, Yonkers, N.Y., assignor to William Glnckin& Company, Inez, New York, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Jan.25, 1969, Ser. No. 4,530 3 Claims. (Cl. 128--524) This invention relatesto panty girdles fashioned from all-way stretch material, at leastthroughout the major portion of the garment. More particularly, theinvention deals with a garment of the character described, wherein theside portions are constructed from overlapped relatively movable panelscontrolling relative movement of the front and back portions of thegarment, particularly at and below the hip portions of the garment inproviding free bending and leg movement.

Still further, the invention deals with a garment of the characterdescribed, wherein upper edges of the panels are attached todefine,between the overlapped panels, pockets opening through the lowerportion of the garment.

The novel features of the invention will be best understood from thefollowing description, when taken to- States Patent gether with theaccompanying drawing, in which certain v embodiments of the inventionare disclosed and, in which, the separate parts are designated bysuitable reference characters in each of the views and, in which:

FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic front view of a garment made according to myinvention, illustrating the front and rear portions of the garmentarranged directly one upon the other, with leg portions of the garmentoverlapped.

FIG. 2 is a view similar in arrangement with respect to FIG. 1, butshowing the rear portion of the garment.

FIG. 3 is again a view similar to FIGS. 1 and 2, showing one side of thegarment, with part of the rear central portion of the garment tucked in.

FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic section on the line 4-4 of FIG. 3, omittingbackground showing.

FIG. 5 is a partial section on the line 55 of FIG. 3 omitting backgroundshowing; and

FIG. 6 is a partial section on the line 6-6 of FIG. 2 omittingbackground showing.

While a garment of the type and kind under consideration can be formedin its entirety from latex, in illustrating one adaptation and use ofthe garment, I have shown the same as composed, for a major part, ofallway stretch fabric, except for a front irregular contoured panel 10which may be of nylon or other lace-like material to give character andcontour to the front of the garment.

The body portion of the garment is otherwise fashioned from two sides,namely the left side 11 and the right side 12, as clearly noted in FIG.1 of the drawing. These sides join with a rear garment portion 13 incurved seams, indicated diagrammatically at 13' in FIG. 2 of thedrawing. At this time, it is well to mention that no stitching isindicated in the accompanying drawing in order to simplify and notconfuse the illustration.

It will be noted that attachment of the panel 19 to the sides 11 and 12is by way of suitable reinforcing strips 14 and 15. Attached to theseams 13' and extending onto 11 and 12, respectively, are panel strips,one of which is indicated at 16 in section in FIG. 5 of the drawing andindicated at the right of FIG. 1, the associated strip being indicatedat 16' at the left of FIG. 1. One side edge of each of these stripsconforms to the contour of the seams 13', as noted at the right of FIG.3 whereas, the other side edge generally conforms to the contour of theseams 13', as diagrammatically indicated by the dotted line 17 in FIG. 3and shown in 3,012,556 Patented Dec. 12, 1961 full lines at 17 in FIG.5. The corresponding seam of the opposed side is indicated at the leftof FIG. 1 at 17'.

It will, thus, appear that, between the seams 13', 17 and 17', theportions of 11 and 12 overlying the panel strips 16, 16' can be definedas other panel portions 18, 18', the latter being indicated at the leftof FIG. 1 of the drawing.

The two panels 16, 18; 16', 18' form therebetween chambers or pockets,as indicated at 19 in FIGS. 4 and 5 of the drawing which open throughthe bottom of the garment and, while they can open through the top ofthe garment, they are preferably sealed at the top in the waistbandportion of the garment which includes a waistband on the inner surfacethereof, as clearly indicated at 20 in FIG. 4 of the drawing and indotted lines in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing. This waistband extendsacross the panel 10, as indicated in FIG. 1 of the drawing and is madeof any suitable extensible material to compensate for extension of theall-way stretch material employed in the garment.

The lower edges of the sides 11 and 12 are rounded,

as noted at 21 and 22 in FIG. 1 of the drawing and these rounded edgesterminate in substantially straight upwardly extending ends, asindicated at 23 in 'FIG. 2 of the drawing. l a The lower edge of therear portion 13 of the garment is also rounded, as'indicated at24, andthis extends onto a rounded portion 25 at the lower'edge ofthe'panel-16, note FIG. 2, the latter terminating in a substantiallystraight upwardly extending end, as indicated at 26 in FIG. 3, thecorresponding end of the opposed panel 16' being indicated at 26 in FIG.1 of the drawing.

It will appear that the lower edge portions of the fronts 11 and 12include finishing bands, as diagrammatically indicated at 27 in FIGS. 1and 3 of the drawing and similar bands 28 are at the lower edge portionsof the back 13 and continue onto the lower edge portions of the panels16, 16', the latter being indicated in FIG. 2 of the drawing. The back13 is reinforced by a supplemental reinforcing panel, generallydiamond-shaped in contour. This panel is indicated, in part in section,at 29 in FIG. 6 of the drawing and the side edges are indicated by thedotted lines 2? in FIG. 2 of the drawing.

The overlapped portions of the panels 16, 16; 18, 18' terminate in theirattachment with respect to each other at the points 30 and 31. It willappear, from a consideration of FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawing, that thelower edge portions of the sides 11 and 12 are sufiiciently long to formwhat may be termed outer leg engaging portions, as at 11', 12 in FIG. 1of the drawing, and secured to the forward edges of these portions bysuitable seams, as at 32. 33. are inner leg portions 34 and 35, the rearedges of these portions being seamed to the lower portions of the back13, as at 36 and 37, respectively.

In the present illustration, the portions 34, 35 are overlapped withrespeet to each other in order to simplify the illustration and attachedto up er edges of these inner leg portions 34, 35 is a crotch portion 38of flexibie nonextensible fabric of any kind which is attached to thepanel 10, as indicated at 39 in FIG. 1 and to the rear garment part 13,as indicated at 46 in FIG. 2 of the drawing. The attachment at 4% willalso be to the reinforcing panel 29, as will be apparent.

It will also be understood that the bands 27 extend onto lower edgeportions of the inner leg parts 34, 35, as indicated at 27' in FIG. 1 ofthe drawing, and would be continuous with the bands 23 which are at thelower portions of the rear garment part 13, these lower portions alsoforming part of the leg portions of the garment, as will clearly appearfrom a consideration of FIG. 2 of the drawing.

To simplify the illustration in FIG. 4 of the drawing,

3 the vertical center of the rear garment part 13 is folded inwardly inthe illustration in FIG. 3 and this inward fold is indicated by thedot-dash line 13" in FIG. 3, again keeping in mind that the two sidesare arranged directly one upon the other, aside from this inwardlyfolded portion, as at 13".

It will appear that each of the panels 16, 18; 16, 18 have free relativemovement one with respect to the other midway of the sides of thegarment when in use to compensate for free body bending and leg movementand this relative movement continues through the entire vertical sidesof the garment, but is of greater resistance by virtue of the directattachment of sides of the panels with the body portions of the garment.By virtue of the latter construction, it will appear that the sides ofthe garment are well reinforced and, at the same time, sufficientlyyieldable to provide movement in the garment to compensate for bodymovement without displacing position of the garment upon the body of thewearer. Here, it should be kept in mind that the flared upper portionsof the panels 16, 18; 16', 18' will serve to reinforce and strengthenthe waistband portion of the garment and materially aid in maintainingposition of this waistband portion upon the body of the wearer.

It will also be understood that strains to which the lower portions ofthe garment are subjected are taken up, not only through the relativelymovable overlapped panels, but also through the body portions of thegarment to which these panels are attached as, for example, at the seams13' and 17, 17', as clearly illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 of thedrawing.

While no attempt has been made to illustrate the opening of the chamberor pocket 19 at each side of the garment at the lower portion thereof,it will be understood that this opening would take place between theband 27 and the panel 16, as illustrated in FIG. 4 of the drawing.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. A panty girdle comprising two front portions including integral sidepanels, a rear garment part and a front panel interposed between andconnected to forward edges of said front portions, rear edges of saidside panels and side edges of said rear garment part being joined in avertical seam, other side panels having one side edge fixed to saidseams and the opposed side edge fixed to the front portions in spacedrelation to said seams to form, in combination with the first namedpanels, overlapped relatively movable pairs of panels at sides of thegirdle, the lower part of the front portions, the rear garment part andsaid pairs of panels forming outer leg engaging portions, inner legengaging portions attached to forward edges of said front portions andto lower extending portions of said rear garment part, all of thegarment parts defined, except said front panel, being composed of allwaystretch material, a crotch portion attached to said inner leg engagingportions, the front panel and said rear garment part, the sides of thepanel portions of each pair having flared upper and lower end portions,the panel portions in each pair forming chambers therebetween, and saidchambers opening through the lower edge portion of the girdle.

2. A girdle as defined in claim 1, wherein the lower edges of the panelportions are of greater width than the upper end thereof.

3. A girdle as defined in claim 1, wherein the front body portionincludes centrally of the upper portion thereof a panel ofnon-extensible material.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS595,554 Bond Dec. 14, 1897 1,584,434 Colley May ll, 1926 2,445,322Fridolph July 20, 1948 2,490,137 Keller Dec. 6, 1949 2,529,115 ThalmanNov. 7, 1950

